• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2019

리튬이온 배터리와 같은 충전식 배터리는 에너지의 저장장치로서 최근의 에너지 이용의 변화에 따라 크게 주목받고 있을 뿐 아니라 실제로 다양한 소형 전기기기 및 전기 자동차의 전기에너지 저장시스템으로 폭넓게 적용되고 있다. 하지만 리튬이온 배터리는 화재나 폭발 등의 위험성이 항상 존재하여 사용의 폭을 제한시키고 있다. 배터리화재가 일반적인 화재와의 다른 특성은 여러 가지가 있지만 그 중에 가연물질이 전해질에서 이온화 되어있다는 특성이다. 본 연구에서는 배터리 화재를 이해하기 위해서 양이온과 전자 등으로 이온화된 메탄 제트화염에서의 연소특성을 실험적으로 관찰하였다. 화염 형상 및 화염안전성은 현재의 실험조건에서는 연료 이온화 효과가 없었고, 제트화염 후류에서 측정한 CO와 NOx의 농도가 이온화연료에서 모두 감소하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 이온화 메탄 연소특성의 파라미터 연구를 위하여 수치해석의 반응기구를 수소첨가의 형태로 단순화하여 이온화연료의 연소특성을 모사할 수 있는지에 대한 모델링 검토를 수행하였다. 연료 이온화의 영향으로 수소의 농도는 증가시키되 반응 후 온도는 일정함을 가정하여 모델링하면 실험결과와 일치하는 결과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• 한국고분자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국고분자학회 2006년도 IUPAC International Symposium on Advanced Polymers for Emerging Technologies
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• pp.69-70
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• 2006

In lithium-ion batteries, separator membrane's, main role is to physically isolate a cathode and an anode while maintaining rapid transport of ionic charge carriers during the passage of electric current. As far as battery safety is concerned, the electrical isolation of electrodes is most crucial since unexpected short-circuits across the membrane induces hot spots where thermal runaway may break out. Internal short-circuits are generally believed to occur by protrusions on the electrode surface either by unavoidable deposits of metallic impurities or by dendritic lithium growth during battery operation. Another cause is shrinkage of the separator membrane when exposed to heat. If separator membrane can be engineered to prevent the internal short-circuit, it will not be difficult to improve lithium-ion batteries' safety. Commonly the separators employed in lithium-ion batteries are made of polyethylene (PE) and/or polypropylene (PP). These materials have terrible limitations in preventing the fore-mentioned internal short-circuit between electrodes due to their poor dimensional stability and mechanical strength. In this study we have developed a novel separator membrane that possesses very high thermal and mechanical stability. The cells employing this separator provided noticeable safety improvement in the various abuse tests.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.357-364
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• 2014

Size controlled, $LiNi_{0.8}Co_{0.15}Al_{0.05}O_2$ cathode powders were prepared by co-precipitation method followed by heat treatment at temperatures between 750 and $850^{\circ}C$. The synthesized samples are characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electrochemical performance. The synthesized $LiNi_{0.8}Co_{0.15}Al_{0.05}O_2$ after calcined at $750^{\circ}C$ has a good electrochemical performance with an initial discharge capacity of $190mAhg^{-1}$ and good capacity retention of 100% after 30 cycles at 0.1C ($17mAg^{-1}$). The capacity retention of $LiNi_{0.8}Co_{0.15}Al_{0.05}O_2$ after calcined at $750^{\circ}C$ is better than that at 800 and $850^{\circ}C$ without capacity loss at various high C rates. This is ascribed to the minimized cation disorder, a higher conductivity, and higher lithium ion diffusion coefficient ($D_{Li}$) observed in this material. In the differential scanning calorimetry DSC profile of the charged sample, the generation of heat by exothermic reaction was decreased by calcined at high temperature, and this decrease is especially at $850^{\circ}C$. This behavior implies that the high temperature calcinations of $LiNi_{0.8}Co_{0.15}Al_{0.05}O_2$ prevent phase transitions with the release of oxygen.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.81-87
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• 1999

Polyacrylonitrile(PAN)섬유를 원료로 여러 가지 조건하에서 탄소섬유를 제조하여 리튬이온 이차전지 음극 활물질로 사용하여, 전지의 충$\cdot$방전 특성과 전기화학적 특성을 고찰하였다. 음극활물질 제조에 있어서 고려한 주요한 변수들은 탄화 열처리 온도(HTT : heat treatment temperature), 탄화시의 가스분위기와 안정화(stabilization)시 섬유 축방향으로 가해주는 장력이며, 제조된 탄소섬유의 물성 및 전기적 특성 역시 조사하였다. 본 연구에서 사용한 열처리 온도 범위는 $700^{\circ}C\~1500^{\circ}C$로서, 처리온도가 상승 할 수록 전도성은 비례하여 향상되었으나, 900"C 범위는 아직 낮은 전도성을 보였다. 또한 처리온도 증가에 따라 충 방전효율은 증가하는 반면, 충 방전용량은 감소되는 경향을 보였다. 그리고 탄화시의 가스 분위기에 따라서 제조되는 음극활물질의 전지특성에 영향을 받았다. 특히, 다른 가스 분위기 하에서 제조된 PAN계 전극들의 측정된 리튬이온의 확산계수 값은 전지의 충$\cdot$방전 특성과 일치하는 결과를 보였다. 탄화시 서로 다른 가스분위기에서 탄소섬유 표면상에 형성된 다양한 기능기그룹(surface functional group)들이 리튬이온과의 비가역적 반응이 진행되는 사실을 간접적으로 확인하게 해준다. 산화분위기에서의 안정화시의 PAN섬유에 가해지는 장력은 가교 결합 중에 형성되는 분자의 배향을 유지시켜 주는 역할을 하는데, 안정화처리 후에도 섬유의 길이변화가 없는 장력조건 (fixed-length condition)에서 충 방전효율 및 용량과 사이클 안정성이 우수한 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.22-27
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• 2018

Many electronic devices are powered by various rechargeable batteries such as lithium-ion recently, and occasionally the batteries undergo thermal runaway and cause fire, explosion, and other hazards. If a battery fire should occur in an electronic device of vehicle and aircraft cabin, it is important to quickly extinguish the fire and cool the batteries to minimize safety risks. Attempts to minimize these risks have been carried out by many researchers but the results have been still unsatisfied. Because most rechargeable batteries are operated on the ion state during charge and discharge of electricity and the combustion of ion state has big difference with normal combustion. Here we focused on the effect of ions including an electron during combustion process. The effects of an ionized fuel on the flame stability and the combustion products were experimentally investigated in the propane jet diffusion flames. The burner used in this experiment consisted of 7.5 mm diameter tube for fuel and the propane was ionized with th ionizer (SUNJE, SPN-11). The results show that toe overall flame stability and shape such as flame length has no significant difference even in the higher ion concentration. However the fuel ionization affects to the pollutant emissions such as NOx and soot. NOx and CO emissions measured in post flame region decreased by fuel ionization, especially high fuel velocity, i.e. high ion density. TGA analysis and morphology of soot by TEM indicates that the fuel ionization makes soot to be matured.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제45회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.288-288
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• 2013

Lithium-ion battery (LIB) is one of the most important rechargeable battery and portable energy storage for the electric digital devices. In particular, study about the higher energy capacity and longer cycle life is intensively studied because of applications in mobile electronics and electric vehicles. Generally, the LIB's capacity can be improved by replacing anode materials with high capacitance. The graphite, common anode materials, has a good cyclability but shows limitations of capacity (~374 mAh/g). On the contrary, silicon (Si) and germanium(Ge), which is same group elements, are promising candidate for high-performance LIB electrodes because it has a higher theoretical specific capacity. (Si:4200 mAh/g, Ge:1600 mAh/g) However, it is well known that Si volume change by 400% upon full lithiation (lithium insertion into Si), which result in a mechanical pulverization and poor capacity retention during cycling. Therefore, variety of nanostructure group IV elements, including nanoparticles, nanowires, and hollow nanospheres, can be promising solution about the critical issues associated with the large volume change. However, the fundamental research about correlation between the composition and structure for LIB anode is not studied yet. Herein, we successfully synthesized various structure of nanowire such as Si-Ge, Ge-Carbon and Si-graphene core-shell types and analyzed the properties of LIB. Nanowires (NWs) were grown on stainless steel substrates using Au catalyst via VLS (Vapor Liquid Solid) mechanism. And, core-shell NWs were grown by VS (Vapor-Solid) process on the surface of NWs. In order to characterize it, we used FE-SEM, HR-TEM, and Raman spectroscopy. We measured battery property of various nanostructures for checking the capacity and cyclability by cell-tester.

• 멤브레인
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.337-350
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• 2016

향후 우리 사회의 혁신적 변화를 가져올 휴대용 전자기기, 전기자동차 및 스마트 그리드 에너지 저장장치 등의 비약적인 발전에 따라, 그 전원으로서 리튬이차전지에 대한 관심이 더욱 증대하고 있다. 본 총설에서는, 리튬이차전지 핵심 소재 중 하나인 분리막에 대해 기공 구조 및 물리화학적 물성 관점에서 고찰하고, 이와 함께 최신 연구 동향을 소개하고자 한다. 리튬이차전지 분리막은 양극과 음극 사이에 위치하는 다공성 막으로서, 두 전극 간의 전기적 단락을 방지하고, 이온의 흐름을 가능하게 하는 기능을 갖는다. 분리막 자체는 전지 내 전기화학 반응에는 직접적으로 참여하지 않으나, 앞서 언급한 기능들에 의해 전지 성능 및 안전성에 큰 영향을 끼친다. 최근 들어, 이러한 분리막의 기본 특성 이외에, 전지 안전성 강화 및 금속 이온 흡착 등을 비롯한 다양한 기능 부여를 위한 노력들이 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 총설에서는 현재 상업화된 폴리올레핀 분리막에 대한 이해를 토대로, 개질 폴리올레핀 분리막, 부직포 분리막, 세라믹 복합 분리막 및 화학 활성 분리막 등으로 대표되는 최신 분리막 기술들을, 차세대 전지 개발 방향과 관련 지어 기술하고자 한다.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.116-122
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• 2012

As an effort to address the chronic capacity fading of Si anodes and thus achieve their robust cycling performance, herein, we develop a unique electrode in which silicon nanoparticles are embedded in the carbon nanotubes network. Utilizing robust contacts between silicon nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes, the composite electrodes exhibit excellent electrochemical performance : 95.5% capacity retention after 140 cycles as well as rate capability such that at the C-rate increase from 0.1C to 1C to 10C, the specific capacities of 850, 698, and 312 mAh/g are obtained, respectively. The present investigation suggests a useful design principle for silicon as well as other high capacity alloying electrodes that undergo large volume expansions during battery operations.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 1993년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.79-84
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• 1993

This paper describes the development of lithium rechargeable cell. $LiCoO_2$ is recently recognized as a suitable cathode active material of a high voltage, high energy lithium rechargeable batteries because $Li^+$ ion can be electrochemically deintercalated/intercalated from/to $Li_xCoO_2$. The transition metal oxide of $LiCoO_2$ was investigated for using as a cathode active material of 4V class Li rechargeable cell. $LiCoO_2$ cathode was prepared by using a active material of 85 wt%, graphite powder of 12 wt% as a conductor and poly-vinylidene fluoride of 3 wt% as a binder. The electrochemical and charge/discharge properties of $LiCoO_2$ were investigated by cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic charge/discharge. The open circuit voltage of prepared $LiCoO_2$ electrode exhibited approximately. potential range between 3.32V and 3.42V. During the galvanostatic charge/discharge, $LiCoO_2/Li$ cell showed stable cycling behavior at scan rate of 1mV/sec and potential range between 3.6V and 4.2V. Also its coulombic efficiency as function of cycling was 81%~102%. In this study the $LiCoO_2/Li$ cell showed the available discharge capacity of 90.1 mAh/g at current density of $1mA/cm^2$ and cell discharge voltage range between 3.6V~4.2V.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.1257-1261
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• 2010

The electrochemical performances of anode composites comprising elemental silicon (Si), silicon monoxide (SiO), and graphite (C) were investigated. The composite devoid of elemental silicon (SiO:C = 1:1) and its carbon coated composite showed reduced capacity degradation with measured values of 606 and 584 mAh/g at the fiftieth cycle. The capacity retention nature when the composites were cycled followed the order of Si:SiO:C = 3:1:4 < Si:SiO:C = 2:2:4 < SiO:C = 1:1 < SiO:C = 1:1 (carbon coated). A comparison of the capacity retention properties for the composites in terms of the silicon content showed that a reduced silicon content increased the stability of the composite electrodes. Even though the carbon-coated composite delivered low capacity during cycling compared to the other composites, its low capacity degradation made the anode a better choice for lithium ion batteries.